Today marks the release of Starter Deck: Link Strike, and the start of the next era of Yu-Gi-Oh! Link Monsters are different than every type of monster before them, so they needed some specialized words and phrases to describe them, their effects, and the individual parts of the Link Monster cards. Before we get into that though, it’s highly recommend that you watch this video to learn about the updates to the official rules and the basics of how Link Monsters and Link Summoning work. If you’ve already seen it, great! If not, we recommend checking it out, then coming back here. Read more…

Code of the Duelist introduces Link Monsters to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, along with a new theme that can powerfully wield these new monsters. The Main Deck Gouki monsters in Code of the Duelist each have an effect that lets you add any Gouki card with a different name than its own from your Deck to your hand if it’s sent from the field to the Graveyard. That means any time you use one of your Gouki monsters to perform a Link Summon, its effect will activate to immediately replace it with a new card from your Deck. That includes the powerful new Spell Card, Gouki Re-Match.

For a long time, only a few elite Duelists were able to get their hands on Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn. Minerva was a prized card, only available to the top finishers at Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series events. Despite its incredible rarity, Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn made lots of appearances at the top tables of major tournaments. It was a central card in many Lightsworn and Zombie Decks, for Duelists lucky enough to possess it. Now, thanks to the release of Battles of Legend –Light’s Revenge –, Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn is being reprinted, and Duelists everywhere will finally be able to take advantage of its power!

One of the coolest monsters from Battles of Legend –Light’s Revenge– has a secret identity in more ways than one: Vision HERO Witch Raider can help clear the way for your biggest plays in HERO decks, but it’s also useful in True Draco strategies too.